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We are on our way again, crossing the bay of biscay. A piece of water that is notorious for crappy weather. It’s certainly not bad weather […]

On thursday the wind dropped considerably, luckily so did the waves and we actually had a lovely day sailing (still the wrong way but we’re not […]

I would like to say sailing upwind is fun, but it isn’t really – well I don’t think so. There are these descriptions of sailing which […]

We had a lovely Sunday, which started with a beautiful golden sunrise. The sun rose like a big ball of fire above the horizon. The few […]

The beautiful thing about sailing is that you can use the wind to go anywhere in the world, that of course is also the downside. You […]

Well, the rain is gone, but so is the wind. Of course it’s well known that there is often a high around the Azores, but not […]

Luckily we didn’t flap and roll around for too long, the waves started to smooth out pretty soon, but with the waves, the wind left as […]

Yesterday we sailed along very nicely, the wind got less and the waves smaller, by now the waves have been getting a lot smaller but not […]

On Thursday the wind and waves started to pick up, as we expected they would. For the next day a low pressure system would move over […]

So far the weather has been amazing, great winds and mostly blue skies. Yesterday there was a lot of low cloud all the way around us, […]

After a couple of beautiful and fun days in Bermuda it’s time for our crossing to the Azores. We had waited for a little front to […]

Most of the Saturday was very cloudy and rainy, but towards the night it started to clear up a bit and we only had light and […]

We enjoyed another one and a half days of beautiful sailing, playing games and reading outside, bright stars at night and quiet sunny days. We even […]

A look at the weather forecast is telling us it’s time to leave Martinique and start heading to St.Martin. A very unusual weather pattern is forming […]

Another successful Atlantic crossing has brought us into the jungles of Suriname, where pink river dolphins greeted us and howler monkeys howl at night. The crossing […]

The past two days, we have been sailing in and out of squalls. After our first big rain shower, the rain didn’t stop. It rained for […]

The squalls have finally closed in on us, giving us some good rain, mostly towards the end of the day after dinner. It also causes the […]

It feels like the trade winds have found us again, blowing away some of the heat, although the air is still humid. More importantly, the wind is […]

The wind is still minimal, but we have re-hoisted the sails and are moving forward again under wind power :). Most of yesterday we floated around […]

The wind has left us alone, the sea has in places turned into a mirror. The sun, standing in a blue, cloudless, .unmoving sky, casts its […]

The days seem to go by faster and faster now that everyone has gotten into a good sailing rhythm and are able to enjoy life at […]

The waves have decided to calm themselves down a bit, which has made life onboard a lot more comfortable, as we are now mostly just gently […]

The start of our Atlantic Crossing has been a little bit rolly, but we have made good progress, and it’s sunny and pleasant. In the past 24 […]

Sao Nicolau is a beautifully diverse and very different island from Sal. It has a mountainous landscape, big valleys, and cliffs. Tarrafal, the place where we anchored, […]

I always love visiting the Cape Verde, the first stop outside of Europe with a distictively different culture and way of life. We arrived on the […]

Yesterday, we were surprised by a large group (at least 30) of crazy jumping dolphins! They came over to Guppy and performed some beautiful tricks and […]

780nm to the Cape Verde. The weather is looking great for a change and we are all very grateful after all the strange weather patterns we […]

After our first bumpy and rainy day at sea the weather got considerably better. we have been enjoying clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and colorful […]

The weather this year is interesting, instead of the normal steady northerlies along the Portugese coast it seems to be steady southerlies. Which is where we […]

Trip one of the Atlantic Roundtrip 22/23 has started 🙂 we had a lovely sail from Setubal to Cultara which is a very cute fisherman’s town […]

We enjoyed another beautiful day of sailing on Monday – good winds, sun, and low waves – it really doesn’t get much better than that. Dolphins […]

By Friday night the winds already started to decrease and the waves slowly followed suit, making for quite a pleasant night with good speeds. But as […]

We are back at sea again and on our way to the English channel. Yesterday was a beautiful day as we sailed past some of the […]

The weather has slowly been getting friendlier and even though the waves are still high they are slowly getting longer and turning into swell. The sun […]

Yesterday we passed our halfway mark, which means we’re actually getting closer to land again. To celebrate this milestone we made a delicious chocolate cake with […]

Our days have continued to alternate between beautiful sunny days and rain – although today the rain is just small squalls and even blue patches and […]

So far our days have been alternating between dry, sunny, and lovely or lots and lots of rain. We had a lovely quiet day yesterday with […]

We’ve left the crystal clear blue waters of Bermuda and are now officially on our way back to Europe with the Azores as our next stop. […]

The wind has continued to be kind to us. It slowly turned to downwind and by now we have gybed. Sailing wing on wing with the […]

We have set off again, heading north this time – away from the Caribbean islands and back into the Atlantic Ocean.We’re heading for Bermuda, keeping a […]

We just had so much fun filming this and also making the music for the video, filmed on Mayreau beach.

As I got out for my early morning watch taking over from Sander I peered over the horizon as usual and spotted the shapes of landmasses […]

Yesterday was another beautifully sunny day with little wind, but most of the day we were able to move under sail 🙂 It’s so much nicer […]

The wind has left, after all, we knew that would come, and even so, it’s always a bit sad to see it go… what remains is […]

The weather is a little squally and overcast, our young crews bright red Christmas hats and big smiles stand out in the grey/blue that is surrounding […]

We still have wind, a little patchy, and lots of squalls today, but we’re moving along nicely. Yesterday I got out my sextant again and did […]

My hope for having found the trade winds receded a bit as it hasn’t picked up to its usual speed. The wind is still only varying […]

After another full day of light winds and squalls, the wind slowly steadied out. The squalls also brought a fair bit of rain this time, rather […]